The Open Emergency Medicine Journal

2010, 3 : 3-6
Published online 2010 April 22. DOI: 10.2174/1876542401003010003
Publisher ID: TOEMJ-3-3

Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis Presented as a Pulmonary Embolism with Obstructive Shock in Emergency Department

Massimiliano Corsino , Marco Matteoli , Erika Pagannone , Chiara De Dominicis and Salvatore Di Somma
Sant’Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Roma, Italy

ABSTRACT

We are describing a case of acute prosthetic valve thrombosis, presented in emergency department with clinical findings of pulmonary embolism. This case, underlines the best diagnostic accuracy of the chest CT scan, comparison to the trans thoracic echocardiogram for the differential diagnosis.

Keywords:

Pulmonary embolism, MIP CT scan, trans thoracic echocardiogram, prosthetic valve thrombosis, emergency management.